A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced nine Chinese nationals to one year imprisonment each for internet fraud and cyber-terrorism.
The convicts were part of a larger syndicate of 792 suspects arrested over alleged cryptocurrency investment and romance fraud on December 19, 2024, during a sting operation code-named “Eagle Flush Operation,” carried out by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The convicted individuals, Li Dong, Deng Wei Qiang, Huang Bo, Xiong Zhen, Lai Rui Feng, Zhao Xiao Hui, Lui Hai Rong, Lui Gang, and Du Ji Feng, were subsequently arraigned on separate one-count charges of cyberterrorism and internet fraud in February 2025 by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the EFCC at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi.
